The Crown of Life
1936, Japanese. Directed by Tomu Uchida.
Two brothers run a factory canning crabs. The elder brother Kotaro is righteous and insists on honesty. The younger brother is fixated on money. They are polar opposites. When a boat sails out looking for crab and does not return one day the brothers begin to argue over how to run their facility. They had just received a large order from a foreign country and had obtained a loan from a lender that needed to be repaid.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 4 June 1936
- Original title
- 生命の冠
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yasutaro Yagi
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The Crown of Life runs 94 minutes (1h 34m).
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The Crown of Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 June 1936. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Crown of Life?
The Crown of Life (1936) was directed by Tomu Uchida and stars Setsuko Hara, Joji Oka, Hisako Takihana.